SooZeQues Arroyo Junkers and Other Resurrections: thrift store art

My art is an infectious need for me, sometimes a burden but most often a blessing.

This blog is about me and my obsessions, my loves, my need to create and my need of JUNK. I'm addicted to thrift stores, estate sales, flea markets and all roads leading off the beaten track to discover that perfect piece of junk. I recycle old license plates, old shovels, wheelbarrows, saw blades and anything else that's funky using my hand held plasma cutter. I love working with steel, sculpting, photography, watercolor painting, stained glass, and turning everyday utilitarian objects into art. Junked cars ~ I will always veer off the path to search out the beautiful wrecked Arroyo JunKers throughout Arizona, New Mexico and anywhere else the road may lead. When I'm not searching for those JunKers

I ~ RESURRECT ~ STEEL

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Monday, March 12, 2012

Glass Flowers

This weekend - because I couldn't focus solely on the things I have to do for the show this Weekend I started creating some recycled flowers from crystal dishes, candle holders, plates all crazy stuff you can find at the thrift store. See how I manage to justify my thrift store addiction and my need to create!

My garden always fills up fast when I'm working on something new - you know gotta work out all the bugs of how to attach things. Can't weld glass, but need to attach to steel.... what hardware holds this or that...it's all a process. I consider all these prototypes of sort, but in the end my garden is all the better for it.